Improvement in harvesters



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.;

n. 1c. wArrE, or SPRINGWATEE', NEW' YORK.

IMPROVEMENT i N HARVESTERS.

Specification forming part ot' Letters Patent No. 20,467, dated June 1, 1858.

' the same, reference being had-to the annexed drawings, making a part of' this specitnation, in which- Figure lis a side sectional elevation ot' a harvester constructed according to my invention. .fr x, Fig. 3, indicates thep'lane of section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken in the line y y, Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is a plan orgtop view of the-same.`

Similar; letters ot reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures,

'Thisinvention consists in a novel arrangement of means for operating the cutting device, and an arrangement of parts for raisi-ng and lowering the same; also, in a peculiar ar- .rangement of parts whereby the deviceby which the cutting device is operated may be readilythrown in and out of gear.

The invention further consists in a peculiar means employed forregulatingor controlling the draft-pole as regards .its vertical. -inovei meut 0r position.

` To enable those skilled in the .art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

represents the main frame ofthe machine, in' whichthe drivin g-wheel B is placed. This frame 'is of quadrilateral form, having the drivers seat C at its back part and the draftpole D attached to its front end. The rakers or attendants seat E is also a'ttachedto the back part of the frame A. vThe draft-pole D fis' attached vto the frame A by means of a rod or bolt, @which passes through the ends of -hounds b b, andthrough the end of the pole,

the hou-uds and pole being allowed to turn freely on the rod or Ibolt..

'F is, a1 `me'tal plate, whichl is fitted between nides c c, attached tothe sides of a bar, d, of

theirainframe', said plate 4beingalso fitted in M avguideye.' `ThefplateF is allowed to'mve" freely back and forth between' the guides c c, ndfa rod, G, is attached to it, said rod being so bent orcurved thatitmay extendy back to"y fthe driver'sseat 0,: as shown clearlyimllig. The plate F isplaced o'n the front/endet j, passes.

/end of a vertical bar,

the bar el, and `by actuating the rod G may be moved a greater or less 'distance over the inner end ofthe draft-pole, so as to regulate the distance of.' itsvertical movement on the rod or bolt c, and thereby determine to a certain extent the height of the cutting devicet'roin the surface of the ground.

H represents a curved bar the ends ofwhich are`slotted longitudinally for al short distance, and through 'which `slots `bolts f, which are attached to the frame A, pass. vThe extreme ends ofthe curved bar H are pivoted to the outer ends of'levers g g, the innei` ends A of whichare pivoted topthe frame A, as shown at It, (seeFig. 2,) in which one lever,g,1is"

shown.

`'Io the upper surface-ofthe curved bar'- H. two inclined rods,it, arenattachedandthed` upper ends ofthese rods are united and form .a support for a lever, I, through which and the upper end ofsaid supp0rt'\ a fulcrumfpin,

' The lever I sof curved form, so

that its backv end may be within a shortdistance of theseat U. The Yback 4part otlever I. works within a guide, J, attached to theframe A, and a lever, K, is attached to the lever I,

the lever K having a pin,.k,` attached to. it,

which passes through eitherof a series of holes in the guide J `aud below the lever I, retaining said lever in thedesired position.

To the center of the bar H two bars, l Z, tirev attached, and between these bars l l. two sickles, m m, are placed, one over: the other, said sickles havin g the usualsaw-shapedteeth.

The sickles are allowed to work freely between the barsl'l, and their inner ends are attached to leversL L, the outer ends of which are sel cured to'thecurved bar H. .lhelevers- L'L are connected byprods n 'n' to they ends fot" a lever,`

M, the center of which is pivoted to the lower- N, kwhich is securedby a bolt oto* the frame A, The upper end of the bar N passes. through 'a slotted plate, p, n.

attached 4to the frame,and it is secured in proper position yb'yaiwedgeor key, q. V-(Sleef more particularly Fig-2,)

-Near each end ofthe lever M-a friction-rolli Vern', isattached'and theselrollers-bear against" the face of an-annular'serpentine cam, 0,

which is attached concentricallyto the wheel'B.

The back/end of the frameA is supported by a caster-wheel, P, aud theouter endsjofthe bars l .laresupported' bya wheel. When the attachedto'the curved bar H.,' By means of the improvements herein de` .scribed the machine is put under'the perfectv `'control of the driver. The machine'also is strg'eted et aemoderate expense.

maehine ie used es e graiirharvester e plat-pl form, ,(33, :e attached to the bars l L# By adjusting `the back end of the lever 'I the barH, and eonsequen tly the siekles m mi, may `be raised andlowered and retained at any deaired height'. by eeeuringehe back end of lever I et the proper'point 'bymeans of the pin k of Y the desiredheightfby adju'stingtheilevei I at.' the proper point, it being understood that the Y rendered simplein construction., maybe used either as a reaperor mower, and may .be con'- claim as new, -and desire to 'secure bylLet'ters Patentf1s LfOperating thesiekles in' m by means-0f 'the levers In' L; attached'v to the baz: H, ehe rods nh-md leverllLaetuated by the ext-m0, the

.parts beingeomhinedjand arra'ngedrelatively with ea'eh. o'th`er 'substantially as described.

`2. Atteching tfle'eiekles m m tothe 'adj astable bar H, l:irrengfe111s. shown,` and used.l in

vconnection' withn tabefflever'A I, whereby the y sickles may be raised and lowered with facility.,

3. Pi-vqtixg theyosciiloting lever M tothe bar N, which is arra-n ged as shown, so that the lever M may bejthrow'n in and outy of gear-'with A, and' arranged,' substntially as showin so 3S L0 regulate or' control'. the draft-pole, and

consequentiy'the'pesitionof the siekiesl-,afs oe-A eason may require.

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Witnesses: l

MAURICE BRowN,

Hm'nM P. RI'JGHARDS.

Having th u,sde'smribedV my inventiomwhat I 

